Lens galaxies in the Illustris simulation: power-law models and the bias of the Hubble constant from time delays

A power-law density model, i.e. $$\rho (r) \propto r^{-\gamma ^{\prime }}$$, has been commonly employed in strong gravitational lensing studies, including the so-called time-delay technique used to infer the Hubble constant H0. However, since the radial scale at which strong lensing features are for...

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Main Authors: Xu, Dandan (Author) , Springel, Volker (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 17 December 2015
In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2016, Volume: 456, Issue: 1, Pages: 739-755
ISSN:1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stv2708
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2708
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Author Notes:Dandan Xu, Dominique Sluse, Peter Schneider, Volker Springel, Mark Vogelsberger, Dylan Nelson and Lars Hernquist

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